Image forming system and image forming method

Abstract

An UI section accepts operation of a user. A setting selection section judges as to whether this user operation instructs a process operation executed in accordance with setting information of an IC chip attached to an original document, or another process operation executed in accordance with setting information entered by the user. In the former case, an operation control section controls a data reading section so as to read out the setting information from the IC chip attached to the original document, and also, controls a print control section to perform printing/FAX transforming operations in accordance with this read setting information. In the latter case, an operation control section controls a data writing section in order to write the setting information entered by the user into the IC chip.

1. An image forming system comprising:
 an image display member on which an image is displayed; and 
 an image forming apparatus, wherein: 
 the image display member includes: 
 an information storage section that stores information, which is written from external thereinto, and that supplies the stored information to the external; and 
 the image forming apparatus include: 
 a setting reception section that receives setting information including a transmission setting from the external; 
 an image reading section that reads the displayed image; 
 an information writing section that writes the setting information received by the setting reception section into the information storage section; 
 an information reading section that reads the setting information from the information storage section; and 
 a first control section that controls a communication device to transmit the displayed image, which is read by the image reading section, in accordance with the setting information read by the information reading section. 
 
   
   
     2. The image forming system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the communication device includes a facsimile device, 
 the transmission setting includes a destination of a facsimile transmission, and 
 the first control section controls the facsimile device to transmit the displayed image to the destination read by the information reading section. 
 
   
   
     3. The image forming system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the information storage section is configured to include the transmission setting and a print setting regarding a printing method, 
 the image forming system further comprising: 
 a second control section that controls an image forming device to form the displayed image, which is read by the image reading section, on a recording medium in accordance with a print setting read by the information reading section, and 
 a third control section that controls the first control section when the setting information includes the transmission setting, and that controls the second control section when the setting information includes the print setting. 
 
   
   
     4. The image forming system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the information storage section is included in an IC chip coupled to an antenna, and 
 the information reading section is configured to read the setting information constituted by an electromagnetic wave signal supplied from the antenna. 
 
   
   
     5. An image forming apparatus for forming an image displayed on an image display member, which stores information written from an external thereinto and supplies the stored information to the external, the image forming apparatus comprising:
 a setting reception section that receives setting information including a transmission setting from the external; 
 an image reading section that reads the displayed image; 
 an information writing section that writes the setting information received by the setting reception section into the information storage section; 
 an information reading section that reads the setting information from the information storage section; and 
 a first control section that controls a communication device to transmit the displayed image, which is read by the image reading section, in accordance with the setting information read by the information reading section. 
 
   
   
     6. The image forming apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the communication device includes a facsimile device, 
 the transmission setting includes a destination of a facsimile transmission, and 
 the first control section controls the facsimile device to transmit the displayed image to the destination read by the information reading section. 
 
   
   
     7. The image forming apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the information storage section is configured to include the transmission setting and a print setting regarding a printing method, 
 the image forming apparatus further comprising: 
 a second control section that controls an image forming device to form the displayed image, which is read by the image reading section, on a recording medium in accordance with the print setting read by the information reading section, and 
 a third control section that controls the first control section when the setting information includes the transmission setting, and that controls the second control section when the setting information includes the print setting. 
 
   
   
     8. The image forming apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the information storage section is included in an IC chip coupled to an antenna, and 
 the information reading section is configured to read the setting information constituted by an electromagnetic wave signal supplied from the antenna. 
 
   
   
     9. An image forming method for forming an image displayed on an image display member, which stores information written from an external thereinto and supplies the stored information to the external, the image forming method comprising:
 receiving setting information including a transmission setting from the external; 
 reading the displayed image; 
 writing the setting information into the image display member; 
 reading the setting information; and 
 controlling a communication device to transmit the displayed image, which is read, in accordance with the read setting information. 
 
   
   
     10. The image forming method according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the communication device includes a facsimile device, 
 the transmission setting includes a destination of a facsimile transmission, and 
 the controlling controls the facsimile device to transmit the displayed image to the destination. 
 
   
   
     11. The image forming method according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the image display member is configured to include the transmission setting and a print setting regarding a printing method, 
 the image forming method further comprising: 
 controlling an image forming device to form the displayed image on a recording medium in accordance with the print setting, and 
 controlling transmission of the displayed image when the setting information includes the transmission setting, and controlling formation of the displayed image on the recording medium when the setting information includes the print setting. 
 
   
   
     12. The image forming method according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the image display member stores information written from an external thereinto in an IC chip coupled to an antenna, and 
 reading, by the image display member, of the setting information constituted by an electromagnetic wave signal supplied from the antenna. 
 
   
   
     13. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program making a computer of an image forming apparatus form an image display on an image display member, which stores information written from external thereinto and supplies the written information to the external, the program making the computer perform a process comprising:
 receiving setting information including a transmission setting from the external; 
 reading the displayed image; 
 writing the setting information into the image display member; 
 reading the setting information; and 
 controlling a communication device to transmit the displayed image in accordance with the read setting information. 
 
   
   
     14. The computer-readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein
 the communication device includes a facsimile device, 
 the transmission setting includes a destination of a facsimile transmission, and 
 the controlling controls the facsimile device to transmit the displayed image to the destination. 
 
   
   
     15. The computer-readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein
 the image display member is configured to include the transmission setting and a print setting regarding a printing method, 
 the image forming method further comprising: 
 controlling an image forming device to form the displayed image on a recording medium in accordance with a print setting, and 
 controlling transmission of the displayed image when the setting information includes the transmission setting, and controlling formation of the displayed image on the recording medium when the setting information includes the print setting. 
 
   
   
     16. The computer-readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein
 the image display member stores information written from an external thereinto in an IC chip coupled to an antenna, and 
 reading, by the image display member, of the setting information constituted by an electromagnetic wave signal supplied from the antenna.